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<a name="GuideOptionsMetadata"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleGuideOptionsMetadata"></a>Metadata</span></h1></div>
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</ul>
<p class="para block block-first">This section describes the options for metadata writing.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
<p class="para block">
    The settings in the
    <a class="link" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html#Filetypes" title="File types">Files tab of Preferences</a>
    influence whether an attempt is made to write metadata to the file itself, to a sidecar file or to a local folder.
  </p>
<p class="para block">
    Refer also to
    <a class="link" href="GuideReferenceMetadata.html" title="Metadata Processing">Metadata Processing</a>
    in the Reference section.
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<div class="autotoc"><ul>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.1. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#MetadataWritingProcess" title="Metadata writing process">Metadata writing process</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.2. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#WriteToImageFiles" title="Step 1: Write to image files">Step 1: Write to image files</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.3. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#WriteToGeeqiePrivateFiles" title="Steps 2 and 3: Write to Geeqie private files">Steps 2 and 3: Write to Geeqie private files</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.4. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#MetadataMiscellaneous" title="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.5. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#AutoSaveOptions" title="Auto-save options">Auto-save options</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">11.7.6. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#PreLoadMetadata" title="Pre-load metadata">Pre-load metadata</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="MetadataWritingProcess"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleMetadataWritingProcess"></a><span class="label">11.7.1. </span>Metadata writing process</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      When writing metadata, Geeqie will follow three steps. This process will stop when the first successful write occurs.
      <div class="block list orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
          <span class="para">
            <span class="guilabel">Save metadata in image files, resp. sidecar files, according to the XMP standard</span>
            <p class="para block"></p>
            If checked, Geeqie will attempt to write metadata to the file itself, or to an associated XMP sidecar file
          </span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para">
            <span class="guilabel">Save metadata in '.metadata' folder, local to image folder (non-standard)</span>
            <p class="para block"></p>
            If checked, Geeqie will attempt to write to an xmp file in a local .metadata folder
          </span>
        </li>
<li>
          <span class="para">
            <span class="guilabel">Save metadata in Geeqie private directory</span>
            <p class="para block"></p>
            If neither of the above are successful, Geeqie will write to an xmp file in the folder
            <div dir="ltr" class=" block programlisting block-indent"><pre class="programlisting">$HOME/.local/share/geeqie/metadata</pre></div>
          </span>
        </li>
</ol></div>
    </p>
<p class="para block">When writing to local metadata folders, the directory structure duplicates that of the location of the source files.</p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="WriteToImageFiles"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.7.2. </span>Step 1: Write to image files</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">If Step 1 above was successful, the following options take effect:</p>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first">
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Store metadata also in legacy IPTC tags (converted according to IPTC4XMP standard)</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, Geeqie will write IPTC tags as defined in
          <a class="link" href="GuideReferenceStandards.html" title="Standards">Standards</a>
        </span>
      </li>
<li>
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Warn if the image files are not writeable</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, open a warning dialogue if the file is not writeable
        </span>
      </li>
<li>
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Ask before writing to image files</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, open a confirmation dialogue before writing to the file
        </span>
      </li>
<li>
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Create sidecar files named image.ext.xmp (as opposed to image.xmp)</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, new sidecar files will use image.ext.xmp naming scheme
        </span>
      </li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="WriteToGeeqiePrivateFiles"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.7.3. </span>Steps 2 and 3: Write to Geeqie private files</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">If Step 2 or 3 above was successful, the following option takes effect:</p>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="li-first">
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Use GQview legacy metadata format (supports only keywords and comments) instead of XMP</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, Geeqie will write metadata in GQview legacy files (file extension .meta) format
        </span>
      </li></ul></div>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="MetadataMiscellaneous"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.7.4. </span>Miscellaneous</span></h2></div>
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<li class="li-first">
        <p class="para block block-first">
          <span class="guilabel">Write the same description tags (keywords, comment, title) to all grouped sidecars</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked the same descriptive tags are written to all files in a group. File grouping is as defined in the
          <a class="link" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html#Groupingsidecarextensions" title="Grouping sidecar extensions">Files tab</a>
          of main Preferences. Technical tags (exif) are handled separately for each file.
        </p>
      </li>
<li>
        <p class="para block block-first">
          <span class="guilabel">Allow keywords to differ only in case</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, permits keywords to be case-sensitive (e.g.
          <span class="emphasis">Place</span>
          and
          <span class="emphasis">place</span>
          are two different keywords)
        </p>
      </li>
<li>
        <p class="para block block-first">
          <span class="guilabel">Write altered image orientation to the metadata</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, the results of orientation commands (Rotate, Mirror and Flip) issued on an image will be written to metadata either automatically as specified below or when manually initiated. This option also affects the
          <a class="link" href="GuideMainWindowMenus.html#Editmenu" title="Edit menu">Auto rotate image using EXIF information</a>
          menu item.
        </p>
        <div class="admonition block warning block-indent"><div class="warning-inner">
          <p class="para block block-first">If this option is not checked, the results of orientation commands will be lost when Geeqie closes.</p>
          <p class="para block">Do not change this option while you have temporary rotations applied to images.</p>
        </div></div>
      </li>
</ul></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="AutoSaveOptions"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.7.5. </span>Auto-save options</span></h2></div>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first">
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Write metadata after timeout</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, metadata writes will be made automatically at the defined interval. Warning dialogues will be issued if required.
        </span>
      </li>
<li>
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Write metadata on image change</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, metadata writes will be made when you move focus to another image.
        </span>
      </li>
<li>
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Write metadata on directory change</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If checked, metadata writes will be made when you move focus to another folder.
        </span>
      </li>
</ul></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
<div class="division section">
<a name="PreLoadMetadata"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.7.6. </span>Pre-load metadata</span></h2></div>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="li-first">
        <span class="para">
          <span class="guilabel">Read metadata in background</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          Using the folder sorting options:
          <p class="para block"></p>
          <span class="guilabel">Exif date original</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          <span class="guilabel">Exif date digitized</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          <span class="guilabel">Rating</span>
          <p class="para block"></p>
          requires metadata to be read from all files in a folder before the sort action can be made. If a folder contains a large number of file, this can take a noticeable period of time.
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If this option is checked, Geeqie will automatically read the required metatada in the background as soon as a folder is opened. This will reduce the amount of time you have to wait until the sort is completed.
          <p class="para block"></p>
          If you do not use these sort otions, leave this option unchecked.
        </span>
      </li></ul></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
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